Church Cottage

NORTH CERNEY NORTH CERNEY VILLAGE SP01 075 - 02 075 16/216 Church Cottage

GV II

Former priest's house formerly with a first floor hall (now subdivided) reputed to date from c1470, later divided into three then two cottages, now one house; extended probably C18 or C19; altered and extended C20. Limestone rubble with dressed stone quoins; stone slate roof; ashlar stacks (restored C20). Rectangular plan formerly with C18 - C19 single-storey extension to the east gable end; with upper storey added to mid C20. 1 1/2 storeys. One 2-light and two 3-light double-chamfered stone- mullioned casements with stopped hoods to the ground floor; Three C20 half dormers. All stone mullioned casements C19 or C20. Lower left-hand window set within the blocking of a wide doorway with dressed stone jambs. C20 central doorway with 6 glazed panes at the top and a C20 stone canopy on stone brackets above. Projecting stack at the left gable end; former gable-end stack now incorporated in the extension to the east gable end. Churchyard front: one single-light and two 2-light casements with glazing bars and timber lintels to the ground floor; single light stair light with a concrete lintel between the two floors off-centre right; single-light C20 half dormer with concrete lintel upper left; 2- light C20 gabled roof dormer upper right. Interior: beams with deep flat chamfers and run-out stops; open fireplace with bread oven. Medieval roof (visible above the C20 plastered ceilings to the first floor rooms): 3-bays with arch- braced collar beams; in a halved apex and double butt purlins some single curved windbraces. The south side of the house overlooks the graveyard and church (q.v.). (David Verey: The Buildings of England, The Cotswolds, 1979; and V.C.H. Glos Vol. VII, P. 151)

Listing NGR: SP0187807760